Shade Trees and Environment

Owing to our geographical locations; members of the local community (generation of families) that comprise our workforce are also housed on the estate with the security of employment and access to medical aid, schooling, crèche, social, retirement and other benefits such as company - subsidised general stores.

Our coffee is cultivated under a canopy of silver oak, red cedar, teak, acacia and coconut trees. Shade trees not only confirm a distinctive flavour to our coffee but also add to its productivity gradient. They are also instrumental preventing loss of top soil by erosion, oil enrichment is ensured due to leaf branch and twig mulch of these trees. Microclimates of the soil is maintained to ensure fertility and prevent loss of moisture.

Our plantations verge on forest areas and Badra is home to a diversity of plant, animal and bird life. Deer, bison, and wild boar abound and even the occasional panther has been sighted. Furthermore, the greenery is enlivened by the plumage of the peacock, the hoope and the kingfisher.

The tiered lagoons where pulping effluents are treated and the purified water is reused for irrigation. Effluent by products such as, coffee pulp and cherry husk are composted for reuse as organic soil supplements in order to avoid usage of inorganic fertilizers to some extent. Neem trees are planted to keep the atmosphere pure and clean and vermicompost is also used as a nutrient.